Come To Our Election Meetings, And Vote Socialist!

Since Jeremy Corbyn’s fantastic election victory to lead the Labour Party there has been an upsurge in enthusiasm for socialist ideas and the Socialist Party warmly welcomed this.

However the same cannot be said of the thousands of Labour councillors, the vast majority of whom did not support Jeremy and none of whom has stood up and declared that they will refuse to pass on the Tories’ cuts.

In Birmingham not one Labour councillor or candidate has said that they will vote against cuts in the chamber, despite our offer to provide support and assistance if they did. They have all been willing to vote through tens of millions of pounds of cuts though.

Anti-cuts protest in Birmingham last July

We feel this refusal to fight undermines Jeremy Corbyn’s anti-austerity position in practice and will result in support slipping away. We think that councillors should stand up for their communities and fight to protect services and jobs from cuts and privatisation.